Several studies have shown that wealth may be at odds with empathy and compassion. Research published in the journal Psychological Science found that people of lower economic status were better at reading others' facial expressions-an important marker of empathy-than wealthier people. "A lot of what we see is a baseline orientation for the lower class to be more empathetic and the upper class to be less [so]," study co-author Michael Kraus told Time. "Lower-class environments are much different from upper-class environments. Lower-class individuals have to respond chronically to a number of vulnerabilities and social threats. You really need to depend on others so they will tell you if a social threat or opportunity is coming, and that makes you more perceptive of emotions." While a lack of resources fosters greater emotional intelligence, having more resources can cause bad behavior in its own right. UC Berkeley research found that even fake money could make people behave with less regard for others. Researchers observed that when two students played Monopoly, one having been given a great deal more Monopoly money than the other, the wealthier player expressed initial discomfort, but then went on to act aggressively, taking up more space and moving his pieces more loudly, and even taunting the player with less money. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_money_changes_the_way_you_think_and_feel#:~:text=Research%20published%20in%20the%20journal,the%20player%20with%20less%20money. 他者を犠牲にしてでも金を稼ぐことに躊躇いが無い人間が金持ちになる、というよりは経済的に安定していると他人の顔色を窺う必要性が無くなる＝結果として他者を気にかけなくなるという話なのか。 「二人の人間に人生ゲームをプレイさせ、片方に人生ゲーム上のトークンを多く与えたところ、最初こそ落ち着かない様子だったがやがて彼の持ち駒で（相手より）多くのスペースを占領したり、大きな音を立てて動かしたりと威嚇的なプレイをし始め、相手をバカにする言動を見せた」。 他者と比較してより多くの金を持っているという優越性が倫理観に影響している？

Aurora appears most often in sexual poetry with one of her mortal lovers. A myth taken from the Greek by Roman poets tells that one of her lovers was the prince of Troy, Tithonus. Tithonus was a mortal, and would therefore age and die. Wanting to be with her lover for all eternity, Aurora asked Jupiter to grant immortality to Tithonus. Jupiter granted her wish, but she failed to ask for eternal youth to accompany his immortality, and he continued to age, eventually becoming forever old. Aurora turned him into a cicada. 女神オーロラは人間の恋人との物語によく現れる。そのうちギリシャ神話から直接の構想を得たローマ詩によれば、オーロラにはトロイの王子ティソノスという恋人がいたが、彼は人であった。人は皆いつか老い、この世を去る。恋人と永遠に共にいたいと思ったオーロラは最高神ジュピターに、彼を不死にしてほしいと願ったが、同時に不老にもしてほしいと願い忘れてしまった。そのために彼は不死のまま老い続け、やがて永遠の老人となってしまった。オーロラは彼を蝉に変えた。（老いたティソノスの体は痩せ縮み、不明瞭な言葉らしきものをぶつぶつと呟くのみとなってしまっていた。そのためオーロラはそんな恋人の姿を哀れみ、彼を蝉に変身させた。蝉はローマ神話では不死の象徴。）